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GULTIVATOR. No. 400.389.

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GUL'TIVATOR.

Patented Mar. 26, 1889.

Y, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEONARD B. BERRIEN, OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE AVERY PLANTERCOMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 400,389, dated March26, 1889. v Application led August 8,1888. Serial No. 282,238. (Nomodel.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEONARD B. BERRIEN, residing at Peoria, in thecountyof Peoria and State of Illinois, and a citizen of the United States,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Oultivators, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which-- Fignre 1 is a plan.l Fig. 2 is a section at line 22 of Fig. l, looking to the left. Fig. 3 is a detail, being a section atline 3 of Fig. 2, showing the evener. Fig. 4 is a detail, beinganenlarged elevation of the fender. Fig. 5 is a section at line 5 ofFig. 4. Fig. 6 is the same as Fig. 5, except that the long lugs areshown straight instead of being bent over lthe rods.

The objects of my invention are to provide improved devices by means ofwhich the frame and caster-wheels of a cultivator move to the right orleft when the shovels are moved either to the right or left, to providean improved evener, and to provide an improved fender, all of which Iaccomplish as illustrated in the drawings and hereinafter fullydescribed. Those things which I claim as new will be pointed out in theclaims.

In the drawings, A A represent the-main portion of what may be termed anarched axle, which,as shown, is divided at the center, so that the twoparts may be adjusted laterally. The wheels are not attached directly tothese parts A A', and they also form, in effect, a part of the mainframe.

vB is the tongue.

C is a caster-wheel supported on a short axle secured to the bar a,which extends forward, and the forward end of which is pivoted to anarm, lb, which is rigidly connected with the outer end of the part A ofthe axle. The joint which connects the two parts c b is shown at c, Fig.2. The other wheel, D, is also a caster-wheel, and is supported in thesame manner as the wheel O.

E represents one of the shovel-beams, which, as shown, is made in twoparts, one ot' which carries a handle, F. G represents the othershovelebeam, which is also, as shown, made of two parts, one of whichcarries a handle, H. The forward ends of the shovel-beams are connectedwith the horizontal portions of the two parts A A of the main axle bymeans of a sleeve, d, and other connections, which permit of verticaland lateral movement oi' the beams in the usual manner.

I is an arm rigidly connected with the forward end of the shovel-beam G,which arm, as shown, is curved toward the wheel C, and its outer end isenlarged and provided with a slot, e.

.I is an arm rigidly secured to the bar ct, the free end of which arm isprovided with a curved pin which passes through the slot e. If theshovel-beam G be moved to the right, the forward part of the wheel Cwill be turned in the same directionv through the arms I J, causing suchwheel and the frame to change the line of travel and move to the right,the other wheel also naturally moving in the same direction. If theshovel-beam G be moved to the left, a reverse action will take place. Ithus provide devices by the use of which when the shovels are moved tothe right or left the forward part of the wheels will be turned to theright or left, and the frame will loe moved in the same direc tion asthe shovels,

` whether the machine be in motion or standing still.

fis a metal bar which is firmly secured to the upper side of the tongue,the ends of the bar being bent downward, as shown.

g is another metal bar secured to the under side of the tongue.- Theends of this bar g are bent downward a little, and are riveted orotherwise secured near the ends of the bar j'.

h h are two metal bars or levers, and with. the chain they constitutethe evener.

t' is a pulley connected to the tongue.

j is a short chain which passes around the pulley i, and its ends areconnected with the upper ends of the bars h h. The lower ends of thesebars 7?, h are provided with holes, and the whiftletrees are to beconnected to or near the lower ends of these bars.

K K are draft-rods, one end of each being connected with the axle, theother ends of which, as shown, are bent and pass through the ends of thebar f.

L L are two brace-bars, one end of each being secured to the tongue,and, as shown,

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their forward ends have holes through which the bent ends of the rods KK pass. As shown, the bars h h are pivoted on the turnedup ends of therods K K.

M is a casting secured to the tongue and passing over the pulley i. Itis so formed that it also serves the purpose of guides for the chain j.These two bars h 71,', supported as described, together with the shortchain j, form, in effect, the evener. Ithus provide an cvener which hasa low-down hitch, and which has a suiciently long and free swing. I alsothus secure a low draft with a high arch.

N represents the fender, which consists of a malleable casting, 7o, androds I., secured thereto in a peculiar manner.

fm, m are short lugs cast upon and with the plate 7i'. As shown, thereare three of these lugs, fm, 011 one side and two, m', on the other sideof each rod I, and the lugs m mf are sui'iiciently far apart to permitthe rod l to be placed between them, as shown in Fig. 4,

n are other lugs, longer than the lugs m, and cast upon and with theplate 7c. Each of these lugs n is in line with the two lugs m.

The rods l are eectually and easily secured in place by placing one endof each rod between one set, m m', of the lugs, as shown in Figs. l and(5, and then bending the long lugs n over the rod, as shown in Fig. 5.The upper end of the casting 7c, is provided with an extension, l),which, as shown, is riveted to an arm, q, which is adjustably connectedwith the shovel-beam, so that the position of the fender can be changed,if desired. The ends r of the rods Z are iiattened to aid in preventingthem from slipping out.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is asfollows:

l. In a cultivator, the combination of an arched axle, twocaster-wheels, each supported by a bar, as ct, pivoted at its forwardend to an arm, as b, secured to the main part of the axle, plow-beamsconnected with the horizontal parts of the main axle and having verticaland lateral movement, and connections between one of the plow-beams andthe support for one of the caster-wheels, whereby, when the plow-beam ismoved to the right or left, the wheels and frame will be correspondinglymoved, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a cultivator, the combination of a frame, a tongue, B, bar f,secured to the tongue, bars or levers h h', pivoted to the bar f, pulleyz', chainj, and brace-rods L L', substantially as and for the purposespecified.

In a cultivator, a fender, M, consisting of a casting, 7c, provided withshort lugs mm and longer lugs, n, in combination with rods l, held inplace between the lugs fm, m by bending the longer lugs 'n over therods, substantially as specified.

LEONARD B. BERRIEN.

Witnesses:

A. KEITHLEY, ROBERT H. AVERY.

